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• East Africa threatened by soaring food prices-Oxfam
  2008-07-25 02:44:58 - (SomaliNet) Development charity Oxfam warned Thursday that soaring food prices are threatening to trigger a humanitarian catastrophe in east Africa, where people are struggling to afford basic food.
  
• Horn of Africa: Kenyans among 14.6 million in need of emergency food
  2008-07-23 04:21:16 - (SomaliNet) Kenyans are part of 14.6 million people in need of emergency food aid in the Horn of Africa. According to UN agencies, 1.2 million people in Kenya are in dire need of food aid due to
  
• Eritrea: ICC Bashir accusation an insult –gov’t
  2008-07-23 04:18:13 - (SomaliNet) Describing it as an “insult,” the Eritrean government has rejected accusations by the prosecutor of the international Criminal Court (ICC) against Sudanese president, Omer al-Bashir.
  
• South Sudan: ICC should delay Bashir arrest warrant- S.Sudan leader
  2008-07-23 04:15:43 - (SomaliNet) South Sudan\'s president has said the International Criminal Court should delay the indictment of Sudan\'s president for war crimes in Darfur to allow time to implement a peace deal with for
  
• Kenya: Kenyan gov’t should end all corporal punishment-rights groups
  2008-07-23 04:12:41 - (SomaliNet) In joint letters to Kenya\'s ministers of education, gender and children affairs, and justice, five human rights organizations have said the Kenyan government should make it a priority to e
  
• Sudan: Gov’t agrees to try Darfur rights violators in Sudan
  2008-07-23 04:10:07 - (SomaliNet) An Arab League official said on Tuesday that Sudan has agreed to try anyone it suspects of crimes in Darfur in Sudanese courts and will allow the United Nations, African Union and Arab Lea
  
• Uganda projects $500-mln from tourism sector in 2008
  2008-07-22 07:31:01 - (SomaliNet) A Ugandan marketing official said Uganda projects $500-million earnings from its growing tourism sector in 2008, up five percent from last year. In 2007 Uganda’s capital Kampala hoste
  
• Sudan: Gov’t sets committee to challenge ICC\'s allegations on al-Bashir
  2008-07-22 07:26:51 - (SomaliNet) A high level committee has been established by the Sudanese government to respond to an indictment by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for the prosecution of Sudanese president Omar
  
• Uganda: Army says handed over 21 fugitive tribal fighters to Kenya
  2008-07-22 07:05:03 - (SomaliNet) Uganda has handed over at least 21 fugitive tribal fighters have been handed to Kenya where they are wanted for waging an illegal campaign against local communities in Mount Elgon region,
  
• Sudan: Gulf nations opposed to ICC \"double standards\" against Sudan
  2008-07-22 01:24:55 - (SomaliNet) Abdul Rahman Al-Attiya, Secretary General of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC) said Monday in a statement that its members are opposed to the \"double standards\"
  

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